Improvement in policemen s batons



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'NITHD STATES- PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM H. CLARK AND JOHN w. RICHARDSON, or WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POLICENIENS BATONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,431, dated January" 13, 1874; application-tiled December u13, 1873.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. CLARK and JOHN W. RICHARDSON, of Washington, in the county of Washington and District of Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Police Batons or Clubs; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of our baton. Fig. 2 isa section of same, showing the application of the lamp. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of same.

This invention has relation to batons which are especially designed for the use of night policemen. v

The nature of `our invention consists in a baton which has a torch or lamp applied in Qnend, and which is provided with a cap of a suitable kind for covering the lamp-burner. Our invention finther consists in a flanged and perforated cap or extinguisher for the wick-tube, in combination with a matchholder, which is l so arranged relativelyr tothe wicktube and said cap or extinguisher, when in its place, that, by giving a slight rotation thereto, the match in the holder will be ignited, and the flame communicated to the wick, thus giving an instantaneous light when required. ln the drawings, A represents the staff of an implement well known as a watchmans or policemans baton, and A designates the handle thereof. Into the handle A a hole is bored, of suitable depth to receive the body of a lamp, C, which is inserted intoV this hole and secured therein in any Vsuitable manner. The top of the lamp is surrounded by a ange, c, which is eXteriorly screw-threaded, to receive a cap, B, and which forms an annular chamber to receive any oil that may es cape from the wick-tube h. The said lampf top ts snugly upon the upper beaded end a of the handle A, and whenthe cap B is screwed on the flange c, the handle presents `the same appearance as that of the welli known watchmans baton. Gr represents a cover or extinguisher for the wick-tube h,

which should iit tightly thereon, and which is constructed with a flange, g, and an enlarged hollow head, g', rising above this Bange. The flange g of the cover G is perforated or ser` rated, for the purpose of presenting a rough-- cned surface to a match, which is inserted into a tubular holder, c, and allowing this match tube, may be found suficient for all practical i.

purposes.

We may also employ a cap, B, which is hinged to the lamp-top, and provided witha friction- Surface interiorly, for igniting a match and the wick in the act of opening this cap. Y

In practice, the cap B will be connected to the handle A by means of a chain, b, and the cap or cover Gr will be also connected to the baton by a chain, d.

It will be seen from the above description that a policeman having our improved baton can obtain a light whenever it is required, which will greatly assist him in the performance of his duty.

Instead of inserting the lamp into the handle of the baton, the lamp may be applied in any suitable manner on the end of the handle.

We are aware that walking-canes and um- -brellas have had lanterns or lamps applied to serrated, in combination with a match=holder,

e, and a. lamp, which is applied to the handle gf? watohmans baton, substantially as speci- 3. The oombi11atio11,in a Watchmaus baton, of 2n lamp, G an annular ange, c, and the removable caps B G, Substantially as described.

In testimony that We claim the above We have hereunto lsubscribed our names in tho presence of t-Wo Witnesses:

W'M. H. CLARK.

JOHN W. RICHARDSON.

Vfituesses R. T. CAMPBELL, D. D. KANE. 

